Welcome to Francois Blanchette's Home Page

Associate Professor (since 2012) Applied Mathematics
group

My research interests are all related one way or another to fluid
dynamics. More precisely, I am interested in interfacial flows
between immiscible fluids (drops and bubbles), with a focus on
situations where the surface tension is not constant. I also study
sedimentation, where lots of particles settle under the
influence of gravity, with a focus on how such flows behave in the
presence of temperature variations. Recently, I also studied how penguins
huddle.
You can find more details here

And if you are interested in doing graduate studies with me, you
can look up our Applied
Mathematics Graduate program.
We also have some very interesting seminars that are
more formal
or
less formal
I am now, since the fall of 2009, the lead of the Applied
Mathematics Major. This means that if you have questions
about being a Math major at UC Merced, you can send them my way,
see the email address above.
I have also taught a number of courses at UCM, and more details,
as well as an (outdated) teaching statement are here

Before coming to UCM (2004-2006), I was a researcher at the James Franck Institute where I worked
primarily with Wendy Zhang.
During the year 2003-2004, I was part of the Mechanical Enginering
department at UCSB, working with Eckart Meiburg. Before
that (1999-2003), I was a graduate student in Applied Mathematics
at MIT from September 1999 to July 2003 where I studied Fluid
Dynamics under the supervision of
John Bush.
You may find a more complete

In Chicago, I was a co-organizer of the fascinating Computations in Science Seminar:
Computations in Science , while at MIT I used to be a co-organizer of the very interesting Simple Persons Applied Math Seminar:
SPAMS